178 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



antennae are placed, which are rather long and basal : eyes slightly promi- 

 nent: thorax cylindric, slightly punctured, with a short impressed line behind : 

 coleoptra ohlong-ovate, bluish or greenish, striate, the striae punctate, with the 

 interstices very flat. 

 Less abundant than the last, but not uncommon in the vicinity 



of the metropolis. " Grimsdale." — T. C. HeysJiam, Esq. " Near 



Bottisham, occasionally." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Cambridge." — C. C. 



Babington, Esq. " On the sand hills (near Swansea).'" — L. W. 



Dillwyn, Esq. 



b. With the rostrum long, or moderate. 

 1. Antennoe basal. * Thorax subcylindric. 



Sp. 35. rufirosti'e. Atrum cinereo-subviUosum, subtus piloso-albicans, pedibits 

 rufo-testaceis, plantis nigris, coleoftris ovatis nigro-aneis. (Long. corp. 1^ — • 

 Iflin.) 



Cu. rufirostre. Fabricius.—A.^. rufirostre. Steph. Catal. 1B6. No. 1910. — $ Ap. 

 Malvarum. Kirby.— Steph. Catal. I. c. No. 1911. 



Black, with a slight cinerescent pile, with the under side, especially on the sides, 

 whitish : head finely punctulate; rostrum punctulate, shining, the base a little 

 thickened: antennae black, or piceous, short: eyes slightly prominent, with a 

 whitish belt beneath: thorax somewhat globose, finely punctured, with a very 

 obsolete, abbreviated impressed line behind : coleoptra ovate, rather glossy, 

 black brass, striated, the striae slightly punctured, the interstices rather flat: 

 legs testaceous, with the coxae and tarsi black. The female has the rostrum 

 shorter, rufous at the apex, the antennae testaceous, and the legs also entirely 

 testaceous, with the two apical joints of the tarsi also black. 



Very abundant on mallows in some places, especially near Hert- 

 ford and Ripley : also found in Devonshire, Suffolk and Norfolk. 

 " Cambridge."— C C. Babhigton, Esq. " Ely and Bottisham." — 

 Rev. L. Jenyns. " Frequent on mallows (near Swansea)." — 

 X. W, Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 36. pallipes. Nigrum, pedibus testaceis, plantis nigris, fronie canaliculata, 



coleoptris oblongo-ovatis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ap. pallipes. Kirby.— Linn. Trans, ix. pi. l.f. 7. Steph. Catal. 186. No. 1912. 



Black, rather obscure, pilose : head broad, punctulate, with a channel between 

 the eyes : rostrum moderate, glabrous, shining, a little dilated at the apex: 

 antennae rather long, the base dull rufous : eyes prominent : thorax somewhat 

 globose, very thickly punctured, with a very obsolete line behind; coleoptra 

 oblong-ovate, punctate-striate, the interstices rather flat : legs testaceous, with 

 the tarsi black. 



